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Klickitat, Washington
Klickitat is a census-designated place (CDP) in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. The population was 320 at the 2020 census. Once the site of a lumber mill, it is now primarily a bedroom community.
The site where the town is located was originally called "Wrights" after one of the original settlers. This was the name given to the rail stop there. The rail stop down the river at milepost 7.2 was named "Klickitat", after the Klickitat people and the railroad later switched the two signs when the carbonated beverage company Klickitat Pop (operating near the town) gained fame. On February 7, 1910, the name of the town post office was officially changed to "Klickitat".
The first non-native settlers arrived in 1890 seeking land to homestead. The abundance of timber drew in other settlers during the early 1900s. Travel through the Klickitat canyon and up to the plateau was arduous until the completion of a rail line in 1903.[4, p. 47] The rail line eased travel and facilitated the transportation of people, crops, livestock and timber. The lumber mill was the primary employer in town, with the first major mill formed 1909, until 1994 when the mill was permanently closed. The naturally carbonated Klickitat Mineral Springs just east of town gave rise to health spas, a carbonated beverage company, and a large dry ice plant which operated until 1957.
Klickitat is located along the Klickitat River. The closest major town is Goldendale, 21 miles (34 km) to the east. State Route 142 passes through Klickitat, leading southwest (downstream) 3 miles (5 km) to Pitt and east (upstream) the same distance to Wahkiacus. Lyle, along the Columbia River, is 13 miles (21 km) to the southwest via Route 142.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Klickitat CDP has a total area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), all of it land.
Klickitat first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
As of the census of 2000, there were 417 people, 147 households, and 110 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 161.9 people per square mile (62.4/km2). There were 173 housing units at an average density of 67.2/sq mi (25.9/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.33% White, 0.24% African American, 3.60% Native American, 0.96% Asian, and 2.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.64% of the population.
There were 147 households, out of which 43.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.28.
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Klickitat, Washington
Klickitat is a census-designated place (CDP) in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. The population was 320 at the 2020 census. Once the site of a lumber mill, it is now primarily a bedroom community.
The site where the town is located was originally called "Wrights" after one of the original settlers. This was the name given to the rail stop there. The rail stop down the river at milepost 7.2 was named "Klickitat", after the Klickitat people and the railroad later switched the two signs when the carbonated beverage company Klickitat Pop (operating near the town) gained fame. On February 7, 1910, the name of the town post office was officially changed to "Klickitat".
The first non-native settlers arrived in 1890 seeking land to homestead. The abundance of timber drew in other settlers during the early 1900s. Travel through the Klickitat canyon and up to the plateau was arduous until the completion of a rail line in 1903.[4, p. 47] The rail line eased travel and facilitated the transportation of people, crops, livestock and timber. The lumber mill was the primary employer in town, with the first major mill formed 1909, until 1994 when the mill was permanently closed. The naturally carbonated Klickitat Mineral Springs just east of town gave rise to health spas, a carbonated beverage company, and a large dry ice plant which operated until 1957.
Klickitat is located along the Klickitat River. The closest major town is Goldendale, 21 miles (34 km) to the east. State Route 142 passes through Klickitat, leading southwest (downstream) 3 miles (5 km) to Pitt and east (upstream) the same distance to Wahkiacus. Lyle, along the Columbia River, is 13 miles (21 km) to the southwest via Route 142.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Klickitat CDP has a total area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km2), all of it land.
Klickitat first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
As of the census of 2000, there were 417 people, 147 households, and 110 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 161.9 people per square mile (62.4/km2). There were 173 housing units at an average density of 67.2/sq mi (25.9/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.33% White, 0.24% African American, 3.60% Native American, 0.96% Asian, and 2.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.64% of the population.
There were 147 households, out of which 43.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.28.
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